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Anchornaut and transfer

Hi all. Does transferring an exhaustion token to an anchornaut trigger its ability? The ability triggers when you "place" an exhaustion token on the anchornaut, but is transferring the token the same thing as placing it?

Transfer places the token on the anchornaut as part of transfers effect. The throw ability forces you to place an exhaustion token on the anchornaut to activate the ability. These are different, just placing an exhaustion token on the anchornaut from another effect will not activate throw. You must willingly place an exhaustion token on the anchornaut as part of throws effect.

Transfer places the token on the anchornaut as part of transfers effect. The throw ability forces you to place an exhaustion token on the anchornaut to activate the ability. These are different, just placing an exhaustion token on the anchornaut from another effect will not activate throw. You must willingly place an exhaustion token on the anchornaut as part of throws effect.

This isn't explicitly defined in the Ashes rules, but placing the exhaustion token is effectively a cost that you pay in order to achieve the effect. If placing the exhaustion token were a trigger that you reacted to, the ability would instead say something like "Throw 1: when you place an exhaustion token on this unit, you may deal 1 damage to target unit."